Comments on: Bernier for Frattin, Scrivens, second round pickhttp://lakingsinsider.com/2013/06/23/bernier-for-frattin-scrivens-2nd/
In-depth coverage of the Los Angeles Kings.Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:56:27 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: VegasKinghttp://lakingsinsider.com/2013/06/23/bernier-for-frattin-scrivens-2nd/#comment-2806655
Tue, 25 Jun 2013 23:01:12 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2806655@ToughD, True. I agree with that. It’s Stoll’s intangibles that we need like face-off wins and PK. But, as I mentioned in a previous post, I think that if we trade Stoll we can pick up UFA Scott Gomez from the Sharks. He played really well in the playoffs for them and showed that he can still be a solid Center. And he would be great on the third line. And he’ll only cost maybe $1 million dollars to sign. That cuts at least $2 million from the teams salary getting rid of Stoll, plus we can use that extra cash to re-sign Scuderi or sign someone else.
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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:19:12 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2802234Best of luck JB, you will certainly be missed. Hope you achieve your dream of becoming a legitimate No. 1, you’ve earned that chance. The trade will give you the opportunity to be what we all knew you could become, one of the best goaltenders in the NHL. Thank you for all you did in LA!
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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:47:32 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2801719@VegasKing, Your 4th line kicks the 3rd lines butt! I guess with Tofolli and Frattin we just improved our team speed at the expense of some size.

Forgot that Stoll is making that much! He is way-overpriced for a 3rd line center…a 3rd line that plays dump-and-chase. He needs to take a paycut…haha! So there’s our cap problems…overpaying our 2nd and 3rd line centers.

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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:54:07 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2801617@King Alex, Dynamite drop in, Monty. No worries you do not like the lines, but bring something to the table. Don’t just do a drive by. Weak
]]>By: Fin Alynhttp://lakingsinsider.com/2013/06/23/bernier-for-frattin-scrivens-2nd/#comment-2800930
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:05:24 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2800930I think the key is the half-million. It gives them more of a chance to sign Scuds, who I think is going to see a less pricey market for his services than people think. Caps going down and a end of his career D-man is a hard sell to make for all these teams that could use him, since like the Kings, they are up against the cap.
]]>By: mash-olahttp://lakingsinsider.com/2013/06/23/bernier-for-frattin-scrivens-2nd/#comment-2800749
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:45:57 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2800749@cup4kings, I’m no expert and, and obviously I wasn’t in the War Room when this decision to pull the trigger on the trade went down, but I guess there is risk/reward in everything and management felt it was the right deal to make, so they signed off on it. Sometimes you wait you can put pressure on the other team to break and cough up the goods. Or, there is the fear that it could all fall apart on Friday, and you’re back to square one with no place to go but wait for a team to sign Bernier to an offer sheet.

If that happened, and if the Kings did nothing, and assuming that the contract was below 3.0 million/year (and I’m sure Bernier and his agent would make that happen since his experience is limited most teams wouldn’t offer much more than that), the Kings would have been compensated with a 2nd Round Pick. If the Kings decided to match the offer, then they’d be stuck with the contract and then have to keep him (and not have enough money to sign any other players), or trade him with potential trade partners stuck with whatever the offer sheet matched was, which would probably bring down his trade value as well. Bottom line, too many variables and too much at stake to simply let time pass and deal with the situation as it envelopes.

Take the best deal now, or risk the chaos which would ensue…

But that’s just my opinion, of course…

]]>By: mash-olahttp://lakingsinsider.com/2013/06/23/bernier-for-frattin-scrivens-2nd/#comment-2800719
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:34:16 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2800719@VegasKing, No one is going to give anything to the Kings for Rob Scuderi. If the Kings don’t sign him by Friday, he becomes an Unrestricted Free Agent. He can sign with anybody he wants for whatever they’re offering for him and the Kings receive no compensation. Ditto Dustin Penner and Brad Richardson. The Kings can’t do anything but sit and wait to see how things fall…
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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:25:54 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2800690@bonvivant1, Jones was not drafted when the Kings signed him. He had a great year two seasons ago, but this past season he’s been dealing with issues with his consistency. He brings it some nights and doesn’t on others. He’s never played a game in the NHL, thus no experience. Ben Scrivens as a backup has more experience playing in a hockey hotbed like Toronto. He probably has dealt with three-times the pressure Jones has ever had to. Scrivens at this point > than ‘Matty Jones’ (as Daren Pang referred to him on today’s ‘NHL Tonite’ show).
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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:20:37 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2800680@California Royalty, To whom for what?
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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:19:01 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=34815#comment-2800674@Jim in Ontario, Thanks for your take. Do you think Bernier has the #1 spot locked up, or do you think he’ll give Reimer a run for his money? And what is your take on Ben Scrivens?